Quotations and aphorisms by David Lee Roth:

I grew up on radio, not TV.~David Lee Roth

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Maybe I'm like acts of Congress or your favorite Chinese restaurant - you don't really want to know what's going on behind the door. I'm a real study in contrast, I expect, looking from without. But it adds up to what you get on stage.~David Lee Roth

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You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.~David Lee Roth

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It doesn't get better, it doesn't get worse, but it sure gets different!~David Lee Roth

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My ambition is to further create a signature sound, a signature spirit, that makes some kind of contribution to music in general.~David Lee Roth

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I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.~David Lee Roth

It doesn't matter the kind of music, it doesn't matter whether it's a cowboy hat or a yarmulke. I don't care if it's outer space or pop, the spirit is the same.~David Lee Roth

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He who knows how will always work for he who knows why.~David Lee Roth

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I've always been very self-motivated.~David Lee Roth

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I always admired Ray Kroc, the man who invented McDonald's. Ray had a vision of the most commonplace thing - a hamburger and fries to go - but to him it was just the greatest thing ever, and he was going to make it the greatest thing ever for everybody else, and he did.~David Lee Roth

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Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.~David Lee Roth

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Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.~David Lee Roth

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I take my personal upkeep real seriously; my sense of organization and attention to detail; my memory; my business - I love the business.~David Lee Roth

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When you get something like MTV, it's like regular television. You get it, and at first it's novel and brand new and then you watch every channel, every show. And then you become a little more selective and more selective, until ultimately... you wind up with a radio.~David Lee Roth

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There are only so many letters in the alphabet. When I talk to young musicians or authors and they ask for advice, I say, 'You gotta learn all the letters of your own personal alphabet. With music, you need to know all the different kinds of music and everything in and around your given instrument.'~David Lee Roth

Radio as we know it is pretty much changing completely.~David Lee Roth

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A lot of rock bands are truly a legend in their own minds.~David Lee Roth

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Ya know, I always admired Ray Kroc, the man who invented McDonald's. Ray had a vision of the most commonplace thing - a hamburger and fries to go - but to him it was just the greatest thing ever, and he was going to make it the greatest thing ever for everybody else, and he did.~David Lee Roth

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Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.~David Lee Roth